Wow, had that been my daughter in a similar situation of neglect/negligence, the article would have read differently. The lead-in would have been centered around dadís rampage.

In the brief article there's no explanation as to how the girl's hands were burned by wiring supposedly not energized. That said, even if energized there would need to be additional failures for a shock to be delivered to the victim.

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In the brief article there's no explanation as to how the girl's hands were burned by wiring supposedly not energized. That said, even if energized there would need to be additional failures for a shock to be delivered to the victim.

The only thing i can think of (and something that has bit me in the ass before) is a still charged reservoir capacitor, esp. if on the primary side.

In the brief article there's no explanation as to how the girl's hands were burned by wiring supposedly not energized. That said, even if energized there would need to be additional failures for a shock to be delivered to the victim.

Looking at the article, there's a circuit board being held up by its connecting wires. Could be anything, including stored energy in capacitors as someone mentioned earlier.

Electricity here is pretty safe if everything is properly installed - you have to go out of your way (ie, have an appliance opened up, powered, and poke around inside) to get a shock. You can't even poke a screwdriver into the wall unless you manage to break the shutters.

For some reason I couldn't see the article when this was first posted. I am curious what that circuit board is? I once build a neon lamp driver that looked a little similar-if their is an oscillator running a higher than 60 Hz freq to that transformer it could easily give a painful, though relatively harmless shock-and that transformer could be thermally hot enough to cause burns-especially on a childs uncalloused hands.

Looking at the article, there's a circuit board being held up by its connecting wires. Could be anything, including stored energy in capacitors as someone mentioned earlier.

Electricity here is pretty safe if everything is properly installed - you have to go out of your way (ie, have an appliance opened up, powered, and poke around inside) to get a shock. You can't even poke a screwdriver into the wall unless you manage to break the shutters.

Chris

I looked at it soon after Debbie posted. There was no picture displayed (although that could have been the JavaScript blocker in my browser).

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"Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven's sake. Sing in the shower. Dance to the radio. Tell stories. Write a poem to a friend, even a lousy poem. Do it as well as you possible can. You will get an enormous reward. You will have created something." - Kurt Vonnegut